November 30 - What happened today?

Home What happened today in history? Blamepro's Almanac for November 30
In the headlines today:

1999	Thousands of demonstrators clash with police and destroy property during a World Trade Organization meeting in Seattle.
1999	Jazz guitar great Charlie Byrd dies of cancer in Annapolis, MD, at age 74.
1997	Two passengers die and nearly 1,000 others and crew flee the stricken cruise ship Achille Lauro after it catches fire off the Somalia coast. (The ill-fated ship would sink two days later.)
1993	The Brady gun control bill is signed into law by US president Bill Clinton.
1979	Actor Zeppo Marx (The Marx Brothers) dies of cancer in Palm Springs, California, at age 78.
1977	Broadcast journalist Eric Severied retires from CBS.
1966	Barbados becomes an independent country (it was formerly a British colony).
1962	U Thant of Burma succeeds the late Dag Hammarskjold as Secretary-General of the United Nations.
1956	21-year-old Floyd Patterson defeats Archie Moore to become the world heavyweight boxing champ.
1940	Comedienne Lucille Ball and Cuban bandleader Desi Arnaz are married.
1939	The Russo-Finnish War begins as Soviet troops invade Finland.
1900	Author and playwright Oscar Wilde dies in Paris at age 46.
1782	The US and Britain sign preliminary peace articles in Paris, ending the American Revolution.

Born today:

1975 Mindy McCready - country singer

1965 Ben Stiller - actor

1962 Bo Jackson - baseball, football player

1957 Richard Barbieri - drummer (Japan)

1957 John Aston - guitarist (Psychedelic Furs)

1955 Kevin Conroy - voice-over artist (Batman: The Animated Series)

1955 Billy Idol - singer

1954 June Pointer - singer (Pointer Sisters)

1954 George McArdle - bassist (Little River Band)

1952 Mandy Patinkin - actor

1950 Paul Westphal - NBA basketball player, coach

1945 Roger Glover - bassist (Rainbow, Deep Purple)

1944 Luther Ingram - singer

1944 Rob Grill - singer (The Grass Roots)

1943 Leo Lyons - bassist (Jaybirds, Ten Years After)

1937 Paul Stookey - singer (Peter, Paul and Mary)

1937 Ridley Scott - film director

1937 Jimmy Bowen - singer, music producer

1936 Abbie Hoffman - Yippie activist

1931 Bill Walsh - NFL football coach

1930 G. Gordon Liddy - Watergate scandal figure

1929 Dick Clark - TV producer, host (American Bandstand)

1927 Richard Crenna - actor

1927 Robert Guillaume - actor (Benson)

1924 Shirley Chisholm - first black woman elected to US Congress

1923 Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. - actor

1922 Virginia Mayo - actress

1912 Gordon Parks - film director

1874 Winston Churchill - British statesman

1835 Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) - author

1667 Jonathan Swift - author (Gulliver's Travels)

Born today? Your sign of the Zodiac is:

Sagittarius

(The Archer)